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Off-street recycling grows
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With rear-mounted rotors on their Bomag recycler/stabilizers,
the Advanced Paving operators were able to recycle and mix
right up to the edge of the new concrete pavement and near
the bases for light standards. Photos by John Boykin.
Recycled base material at the Great Triangle Mall
The Great Triangle Mall's new recycled parking lot
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The demand for off-street full-depth recycling
with cement is growing. Just ask Sam Garrett or Gary Ivy, owners
of Dallas-based Advanced Paving. The company recently finished three
North Texas projects and has a half-dozen on deck, says Garrett.
In July, the company rehabilitated a 327,000 sq. ft. parking lot
for Great Triangle Mall in Denton. Foley's Department Store, a new
mall tenant, needed the project completed by its Aug. 15 grand opening.
By cement recycling the lot, Advanced Paving could "react quickly
and meet that requirement," says Garrett. Crews began the work
July 8 and completely finished by July 19, well ahead of schedule.
"This is a much faster than the other alternatives," adds
Garrett. The company also recently had a brush with fame when it
rebuilt the drives leading to Southfork Ranch, setting for the '80s
TV series Dallas. Located 20 miles north of Dallas, Southfork and
its 63,000 sq. ft. conference center boast about 400,000 annual
visitors. But the stream of fan-loaded buses took its toll on the
ranch's 12-year-old, two-inch thick pavement. Southfork-owner Forever
Resorts Group hired Advanced Paving to build pavements that could
handle the load. In early July, Advanced Paving reconstructed the
30,560 square-foot asphalt front access drive with concrete. The
existing asphalt was milled eight inches deep, compacted, and rebuilt
with six inches of reinforced concrete. Advanced Paving then reconstructed
the 66,119 square-foot, 210-space parking lot with asphalt pavement
using FDR with cement in only five working days. "This surface
is incredibly hard," said Pat Gokie, construction manager for
Forever Resorts. The Mesquite Independent School District, a regular
Advanced Paving customer, also recently contracted the company to
cement recycle four parking lots.
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